Herbert flanders



Patented May 23, I899. H. FLANDEBS.

MATCH SAFE.

Application filed 3W 1. was.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT FLANDERS, OF MANCHESTER, NEWV HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES E. STEARNS, OF SAME PLACE.

MATCH-SAFE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,442, dated May 23, 1899.

Application filed July 7, 1898. Serial No. 685,361. (No model.)

To aZl whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT FLANDERS, a resident of Manchester, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Safes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to match-safes, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient safe that can be economically manufactured; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the improved safe. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a section of a modified form on line 4 i of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is a partial longitudinal section. Fig. '7 is a partial plan of a second modification.

Numeral 1 denotes a match-box having an inclined plate 2 extending partially across its bottom to form a hopper.

3 denotes a slide which, together with the incline 2, closes the entire bottom of the box or match-receptacle.

4 denotes ornamental beadwork, and 5 are fixed brackets for the attachment of the receptacle to any suitable support. These are not essential in all cases.

To the under side of the inclined bottom 2 is fixed at right angles thereto a web 6, which guides the slide 3 and also strengthens the bottom 2.

7 indicates projections on the inner surface of the walls of the receptacle at their lower edge. These act as guides or ways for the slide 3, which is movable back and forth between them and the web 6.

8 denotes projections on the edges of the slide at its rear end, which engage shoulders 5) when the slide is drawn to the desired limit. In the opposite direction the slide is stopped by a projection 10 at the rear of the web 6. A notch 11 is by preference provided in the slide to embrace said projection. The slide has a handle 12 for its convenient manipulathe receptacle.

tion. It may be stiffened by flanges 12'. The slide can be stamped out of sheet metal and the handle made integral with a flange, as shown.

14 and 15 denote transverse match-holding grooves in the slide, and 16 is a finger-receiving depression to facilitate the removal of a match resting in the groove 14: after the slide has been drawn out. The grooves 15 will hold matches, that will be made accessible if the slide 3 is drawn out sufficiently. Being below the level of the fender and separated by narrow ridges they are adapted to hold matches at rest and tend to obviate the binding of the matches between the slide and fender, and particularly in case a finger-receptacle 16 is extended across them, as shown in Fig. 7.

The match receptacle has preferably a width but little greater than the usual length of a match of standard size, and the fender has a width considerablyless than the length of such match and is centrally situated with respect to the front wall of the safe and the inclosed matches, so as to preclude the pinch ing of the match-head between the fender and sliding bottom or between the front wall and such bottom, whereby the accidental igni tion of matches by the slide or the wedging of a match is precluded.

No claim is made to a fender situated adjacent the side walls of the safe contiguous match-heads contained therein.' A further characteristic of the improvement is that the fender is situated adjacent the finger-depressions 16 or 16, whereby an open space is provided between the lower edge of the fender and the slide to avoid the wedging of matchbodies between them.

17 is a fender formed on the inside of the front wall of the receptacle, the object of which is to prevent the heads of matches carried on the slide being caught between the slide and the lower edge of the front wall of It has the effect to keep the matches entirely away from such edge and prevents their accidental ignition and also prevents them from choking the slide. These objects maybe further insured by making the depression 16 and the fender 17 coextensive in a line transverse to the slide, so that no foe parts of a match lying on the slide can be caught between the slide and the edge of the fender.

The ridges 17 and 18 between the grooves are made so narrow that the matches Will easily fall from them, and the groove is so situated that its rear wall cannot reach the fender when the slide is drawn out to pinch a match, the slide being suitably arrested to insure this efiect by the stops 8 and 9.

In some cases the depression 16 may be extended to the foot of the incline 2, as indicated by 16 in Fig. 7, and the latter may be provided with a fender 17' to insure that matches shall not be pinched between the said incline and the slide.

Preferably the receptacle, with its inclined bottom and slideways, will be cast or molded. The cover 19 and the slide may be formed in the same manner, or they may be stamped out of sheet metal." No screws or like fastenings are required. The parts are assembled byinserting the slide from the rear and springing it past the stop 10.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In a match-safe, the match-receptacle provided with the inclined bottom and with ways 7 and shoulders 9, and the slide having projections 8, said incline having a web 6 with projections 10, all substantially as set forth, whereby the slide can be sprung into operative position and then stopped in both directions of its normal movement.

2. In a match-safe, the receptacle having a fender 17 centrally situated with respect to the front wall of the receptacle and of the inclosed matches and having a width less than that of said wall, and less than the ordinary length of a match to avoid ignition of the match by the slide and fender, and the slide having a match-groove 14, substantially as described.

3. In a match-safe, the receptacle having a fender 17 centrally situated with respect to the front wall of the receptacle'and of the inclosed matches, and the slide having a matchgroove 14, and a finger-receptacle 16, said fender having a width less than that of the finger-receptacle, substantially as described.

4. In a match-safe, the match-receptacle, a sliding match-carrying bottom having a plurality of match-holdin g grooves separated by narrow ridges and a finger-receptacle 16 extending across the several grooves and 

